Basic Safeguarding Children Procedures

These procedures should be followed by everybody who has direct or indirect involvement with children i.e. people who:

• work with, or have actual contact with children in both a paid and voluntary capacity

e.g. social workers, teachers, health visitors, GPs and other doctors, dentists, other       health care professionals, early years staff, child-minders, staff in the youth justice       system, volunteers

• work with adults who are parents or care-givers e.g. adult, mental health or substance misuse professionals, family centre staff, health professionals, criminal justice staff
• work with family members or others who have contact with children e.g. police, probation and prison staff, mental health practitioners, housing staff
• are relatives or friends of children, or members of the public who have contact with children in their day to day lives

All these people should always be mindful of the welfare and safety of children, including unborn children and older children, in their work and be able to recognise, and to know how to act upon, indicators that a child’s welfare or safety may be at risk.